THE PRISCO-MAN RAILROAD PAINTS FOR ALL PURPOSES Coach and Car (Metal) "JIetnlbteel" Paint Surfnrrr Building and Station "Metal" Cnnvnh Preaervcr (W ">Ietnl" Canvas Pro09 Paintw I'aint Prright Car Painth St. Louis Surfacer & Paint Co. ST. LOUIS -MAKERS- NEW YORR No Railroad Man Galena-Signal Oil Co, Can Afford To Be Without FRANKLIN, PENN.
ACCIDENT SO1.E id.lNUE'AC'l'UIIICIIS Ul? CELERR.\TED INSURANCE GALENA LUBRICANTS Om Accident Policies nNord the Pcrl'cctior! Ynlvc :III~ Signill Oils greatest benefit,s nt the lowest AXD cost, most lihcrill adjastn~ent,aud fille en:^ 1l:lila:ly Sill'ety Oil prompt payment. FOR The Travelers Insurance Company Steam and Electric Railway Use HARTFORD, CONX. Exclusivcly The Greatest Accldeut Compnuy lo the Cwrautced Cost World. Expert Scrvice li'ree Has paid over (;32,000 ilccidaut chims for over $42,000,000. SEE THE AGENT S. A. MECEATH, President I Con. P. Curran Printing Co. Printers, Designers, Engravers, Lithographers, Blank Book Makers
PHONES EIGHTH AND WALNUT STREETS Bell, Main 6191 991 ST. LOUIS, MO. I Kinloch, Central Mention us when writing to advertisers, it will help us both. THE PRISCO-MAN 1
lnnures more 1208 Xichig~~n Rtlilroad Men Pnys More Rsilrond Avenue Men Ernploys niore Ex-RaU- CHICAGO roud Men TIIAK 4KP OTIIER COBIPASP
1 Refore I'm hurt 1 Same...... tell me how little I .Zddresa...... I Irwome 1ns11ranc.e
SECURITY SECTIONAL ARCHES FOR LOCOMOTIVES 30 Church Street, NEW YORK American Arch Company, Iccormick Buildin,, css*co
UNIFORMS UNIFORMS
223 W. Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO
Mention us when writing to advertisers, it will help us both. 2 THE FRISCO-MAN -- -- THE HEWITT SUPPLY CO, PANTASOTE C. $1. HHEWITT, President The National Standard for Car Curtains and HEWlTT BABBITT METALS Car Upholstery Stiindiird Xetallic Packing llings RUBBER GOODS AGASOTE HEADLINING W..ITERPROOF SUB R~ilwig Esrl~rnge, CHICAGO HOXOGESOCS in its Composition; THE TEXAS COMPANY will not warp, blister or selmxte. Texaco Fuel Oil Coniorming to Government SpeciRcations IIlGIL 1N FUEL VALUE EtTlcient - Eronomicnl Texaco Railroad Lubricants Cut down the wear and tear on rolling stock THE PANTASOTE COMPANY llluminating Oils Signal Oils I1 Ilro:ulniiy, Sew Tork J'coplvs Gus Illclg, i9B Ill011ac11io~'lcBldZ. THE TEXAS COMPANY Cl~irngo,Ill. San Frnn<,iscw, Cal. Manufaclurers of all klnds of Petroleum Products
ST. LOUl S FROG & SWITCH CO. JlAiiUFACTURER INSULATED WIRES and CABLES The performance record Frogs, switches, Crossings, of KERlTE,covering over Switch Stands for half a century, is abso- Steam and Electric Railroads lutely unequalled in the whole history of insu- Oliver lated wires and cables. Electric & Mfg. Co. RAILROAD AXLE-LIGHT PARTS AND REPAIRS 2219-2221 Lueas Ave, ST, LOUIS, MOB Mention us when writing to advertisers, it will help us both. FLINT Varnish Works FLINT, MICHIGAN
AI.\NI'FACTCRE A FULL LISE OF TIlR III(i1IEST GRAI)E
Varnishes, Enamels, Engine Finishes, Blacks, Colors, Primers, THE FIRST PURCHASE Surfacers, Etc. FOR THE RAILWAY TRADE
United Supply & Manufacturing Co. RAILWAY EXCHANGE CHICAGO
Wool and Cotton Wiping and Pack- ing Waste, Nuts, Bolts, Rivets, Spikes, Axles, American Rail Loader
SPENCER-OTIS COMPANY MONTGOMERY WARD & COl CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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...--.-ppp ~ .- - - - -~- -~ ------Vol. VIII, No. 5 SAINT LOUIS, MO. May, 1914 ------~------~ The Frisco Dollar The I+isc.o 1)ollar should I:e an in- hots this Tti ccuts is divided up, the t~~wtingdollar to the Friscan Inan. diagranl on the Irontisl~iecrhas I)cen Out of on1.11 dollar (,onling into the ])rc'i)nred. Tho circle is proportioned treasrwy of the road, during t.he pres- so :IS to shoiv the percentage of the 76 ent fiscal yc:u.. 76 cents 113s been paid crnts that is pait1 out for each of the out of t11~ti,im~~t~ for. ol)~rntin# PS- dil'lc'rcnt lines of ende:~vor or each Ixnses and taxes. class of service enlcsring into and forjll- There arc a lot of these dollars corn- ing the complclte and harmonized ing into flrc! treas111~yin the c.onl'se of ol)er:~Ling~na~liine on the Frisc.o 1.inc.s. a !.e;11.. If 1lii.y \yere a11 silver tlolla~~s,'rhc tig~~resin the o~~tcrrim of t.he it nolrl~?~w]~~ir.c over forty forty-to11 rircle :trc the ~~crcentagcor the 76 hos cars load(-tl to capac4ty to contain cents that is ])aid out for each of the them all at one ti~nc. Tf thi,y were all tliffsro~~t.kind or class of serviw, and one ctollar bills t1ie1.p \vould I)r more IIII~[>S('ac11 c31:iss of service is SIIOWII than c~~o11~11of tlien~ to 1)laster the top the number of ccnts which was paid of thc r;iil on 011~side of all the main oitt for t11a.t class of service in earning t~*fic,liant1 :11.nnc.l1esof the l+isco I .ines. thv Frisco dollar. R~rt. the 111nst interesting part of 7'11(~rc is food for thoi~ghtin this the dollar to the? Frisco niau is the i6 chart. There is a lrvison in it that cents t h;lt goes out of the trimul'j7 for every Friwo man should heed. It wagrs, n~atcrixls:u~tl taxes,-just the slio~vst1i:at the trwsrlry 1)nitl out more everyday operating cslwuses. This 76 ~uonc-yfor "casualties," \\.hicli includes cents docs not inc,ll~tlrwhat corlles n11t loss and clalnage and pwsonal injury of tl~ctrcas~lr'\ lor liiw of ~cjuilrrnent, rlaims, than it [miti out Tor "soliriting rentals, iutcvst on bo~~cls,sirlltiug traffic." \~llich i~lclildcs the salaries funds, il?lprovc~ments or hrttrr~nonts and expenses of all the freight and to tlll? pr~1llPl,(y,-orlly the reg111ar passcn:el. tlolm~'tnter~t.officials ant! olirratin~eslwnses. c.lcrir:~l Porc.~: sn1ai.i~~and espcnses So that. the. Frisco nlan can see just. of tlw industrial, aqicultnral, liorti- - - cnltu~'aI, i:un~igration and othcr Wouldn't Smile. 111,;tnc.ht.s ol' the develogment tlc'l~;~l,t- "A Friend" of lCn#iricer Adam in a ment ; all the advertising espcnscs antl c,o~n~nt~nicatio~~to Tlro Fr-isc.0-.lIn11 en- Lht' pl'inting of tarilSs. (,losing the ~)liotogrnl~l~I~er?\vitl~ re- It is hardly conceiral)le, altl~ongl~ protlucecl, says: thc~chart slion-s it to bc ~I'IIP,that the "'l'l~is is I'ap Aclan~s, engineer on amollnt. 1)nid out for "casnaltios" is XOGSO(;, hetwer~~Chatlee and Jlemphis. mow Ilia11 li;11S tl~ci~mount l~aitl oul \Ye triocl to catch l~im\vl~en lic ivas for all the yard cslwnse of the! line, ivl1ic.11 inc~lutlvstl~e operation or s\vilc.h car~giuc~s;t 11e f11(,1, rou~~clhouseespense and s~i!~plic\s;the wgcs ol' yartlnlas- tprs antl their 13li.rks: the \vi\ges of cnp.incw.s, fircnien, yard foremen and helpcrs. Thew is ol)portunity b~rclor im- provcn~ont. Tl~cse "ras~~t~lties";are mainly dl~eto carelessness antl a lot of it (.an IIIP a\-oided if \vc nll strive to that end. Could we nnly cut off Ihc c~i~li(.-tr~nIlicc'nts from this outgo and n~akvit 2 cents ercn ont of ?very (101- lar earned thr saving in the collrse of a ycar \rould alno~~ntto no re than ga;o.oon.
A Two In One. s~niling.but, of course, he \voulcln't One, of the Frisco's t\vo in one as it sn~ilea bit whrm \\cJ wanted him to. al,l~r>aiwlon the firing linc at the Sew IIe is a little bit bashful and didn't shop^, Springfield. Jlo., is sho\vn in ~!iuch lilic> to have his l~icture took, thr a( colnpan! ing cut. but. we pot it a~~yho\v.I le has bcen with tllP I'i.isco a long., Ions- tin(,. b11t :m he ain't 0111 yet. I)): n \vIiole lnt."
Nelson Addresses Club JIrrnl~c~~~s01' tlir Saint I.onis Railwy CIIII) gathrrcd at the Arnerimn Aunes Tlotel. Friday c\.ctning. ;\lay 8, for the last ~~~c\ctingnl' llie C!lub 11rcwding the adjoxrnrnmt for the summer mnntlls. Pat Sclson, sc??tion foreman. ('on- ':'lie 11hotograph was taken by nay. >lo., atltlivx~dthe meeting, choos- Charles C. J1atthen.s. boilcr maker ing Tor his s~~l),jert."The Railroads and helrwr at that point. the Pl~hlic,." SPRINGFIELD "GET TOGETHER" MEETING I-Xuc:ltion \\'as the slogan of the llre wishes of the officsers-it' they onl)~ rousing "GET TOGI':TIlEIi" meeting knew how, and that it \\as the duty at the Springfield Clr~l), Springfield, of the ze~tcral~ni~nager and the officers )!on, April 28 and 19, \vlrich supwintun- under him to teach the men to do their dents. roadmasters and ge~~eralfore- \vorlc efficiently trntl econon~ically. nlcn 01' Iwidgt's aud 1)uiltlings from Ire outlined to the road~nastersand every division on the Frisco at.tcnded. general lorcme11 tlle necessity of get- Gcncral .\lanagcar lC. I). T,evy and ting thcir Inen ~ogcther at various General Sul)erintenrIents Ilutc.l~ison places as Ireq~rentlyas possible, to dis- and Fra1r.s o~~tlinedn campaign of ed- cuss \\'a!.s and means of accornl~lisl~ing ucntion tl~eydesire 1)11t into effect in Irettcr and greater results; of encour- counection with the maintenallre of aging thr nlen to asli q~restio~~sant1 way and structllres. 111nltr sl~ggestio~~sfor tho improvernclut In t.lei~r and concise for111 the re- of service: and of urging their co- sr~ltsthat havv 1)ren attained in the o;,eralion in securing strict conlpli- Olwraling Ik)!)artmc.nl. during the past nnw with prevailing stantlards and several ~nonths, through the ednwtion insi ructions. of the Itlc,n who wt~~allydo th~work, At the April H, srssiou, Ti~escli~y \\-as csl~lainctl. morning. F. G. Jonah, chief engin~cr, Stafl mc?eti~~gshaw 1)rell held on ~~rcwntcda proposed book of rulcs and soi~~cof thc divisions t.wo or three wgr~lat.ions governing the roadway times each week, at which ~nectings illlil llrjdfi(1 I)llildi~lgd~l~ill'tlllent~. The trxil~l~ic~t.agents. r~~gi~irrnen,yard- ~)ro!wsed r111c~sprovide for a uniform Inen, clerks and otl~ers, have beon practive in thr ~nainten;~ncc~of road- gi\-ell facls and 1i~111mill c'o~l~~ec,tionway, britlgcs itntl huiltlings, and it is xi111 nu] oj~rratio~rnntl told just what the intention to illnstrnt~ the book each man can (lo to i~~creasohis effi- with c:~~tsand drawings ol' our vnriol~s ciency ant1 th~c~l'fic,it.nvy of the rail- sti~~larls.Srvc,ral c11R11grs were road as a whole. madc as result of thr exl~aust,i\.c-dis- The suvi~~gthat has bcen efCected c11ssion w11icI1 took r~lace ~,egartling and tllcl i~nprovt\tl swvice bro~ght this srrhject. al~o~~tas rcsnlt of this c~di.~c*atio~~alT'ario~~s oth(!r ~natlcrsWC~P tollc.ll~d cn~npai?.~~,JIRS been no st gratifying u])on clnring the two day' s~ssion, to the management. and continued nc- some of nhirh arc. cn~~~nc'ratcdbelow: tivity in this diretvion, rxtending to Conservation of sc~xpiron of all the ro;itl\v:~y and bridge hnilding de- kinds. (iartmrnts, is wl~atis desircd ill order 1laxi11l1111icar loading. to 111ac.o 011s ~~ropertyin first class Care in the IISC of mot.or cars by glrysical conditio~~and to maintain it. ~.oild~~lil~f(~r~anrl general fo~~men as it slto~~lclI)(, n~aintained,with dl~e tt~.irlx(,s ant1 I~l~ildings,xith view to regard to ccnonon~y. prevcn tinr accidrnts. Cvncrxl Ilmager 1.rvy stated that it Ordc,rinp ~l!i~tr~rial~.c~:rsonably in ad- was his fir111 l~~lieSthat uinetp-nine out vance of rcquircrnents. showing date of cvc,ry hl~udrednlcn in onr organiza- rerluired. tion wa~~tcdto do th~right thing- Pt.equcnt chec,liiug o( tool houses- bandlc. their work in accordance with economy in tools and n~aterial. l.:ncroac.hmc!nts on right c~f n'ay- t~anquetin the Asse~~~l~lyIIa11 of the III~IIII~~reporting. Sl~ringlieIdClub Tuesday evening. Care of station grounds and I~uild- W. C. Nison, receircr and cl~icl ings-noat and tidy al,l,ealt?ncc.. olwriltinq offirer, who was a guest at thc banqnet, addressed the meeting. 12lagging trains in 110th dirwtions TIP inl~)rcssecIupon the Inen the ncces- tli~ringwork ol)struc.ling line. sit\ Tor their united ro-ol~rration in The importa~~c,eof sc,cation forernen carrying out the work that had Iwen becoming acquainted \\-it11 and mlti- outlined efficiently ant1 ec~ono~nic~i+lly \rating fri~ndsliil~of farmers and our 1 Cc likened our organization ~~ntoone JUI t.rons. big family-from rwei~ers to natcr I
O%.\RIi I)I VISIOS-C. 11. 1::lltzcll. s~~lll~r- intentl,wt: I:. \\'. L:ol~ertson, :lencl,:ll I'nll,- I~I:I~I1%. & I:,; 11. 11, l~':~r(~~~l~~lrsi~~l,r1.1:111- =.---.=----__--::__-I------Drafts For Claims. Superintendent of freight loss and Alt innovation, put into effect clenlage claims is provided with an- on the, I'risco May 1,'is annou~icc-4in thority to pay claims for certain ('irculol' So. X:, rovcriug instrutations amounts by draft, instead of voucher as hcrctoforc. l\rhon a claim is rcady for payment, tlraft will I)e issi~c>tlby sr~pcrintendent of t'rcigl~t loss and
The circular follons: siderablc work ant1 detail. I.ndc~. the new ~lauagcuts arc, fur- nir-llcatl \\.it11 tlraft Imolts arid tl~e73-A
crIy sul~pol'l-ed\\,it11 t11~rlrc.css:lry tloc- UIIIPI~~S,satisfy thcrnsclves that tllc? c,lain~s;11,(:' j~~st2nd shorlld bc [mid, flour or1 III? it~sidcI'olw~s it 11:1 (I,') .\fter s:ltisf\.iug rot~rsclf tl~at :I Il;~u, lorn~rrly general I'orelna~~em' el:lir~l slmuld br p:~&l. (wltlt the nlwrc rCt- depart lncw t. Saint 1.o11is. n~rt\\ it11 stricti~~~lc;carefully ot)nc~rvwl). fill out ~lralt.nllo\\.il~,v co~trpletc. :III~correvt infor- thc~iiApril 15, at the noon hour. ~nntiorl ill propc~' spncv :IS to tl:~lc*. yc:ir. C'\:~~III:III~'sII:IIII~ 01- if I.IIYOII!~II Cl:~i~n:~trI~s Attol~l~vy,ill (,:1r1~111' .\I~~.II'II~~,v,(II:IIIII.\, ~III~IILI~,St:~tinu ('~:I~III IIII~II~II*~, ('l::i~u:~~~l', IIUIIII)~~, if ail?. (,;Iuw, (loss or (L~~~II:I~T), ~ll:il-;~?t~rof sl~ip~nent,\~~~yl)ill IIII~II~WU :1n11 tlnte, po111t of o~i'.ill iit~~idesti~i:~livu. Aycnt's sloi~:IIII~ :~dviwnluli must lip lillml out to s11rw ~lnte.ilruoltnt, clni~~l:lnt'a11;.1tllt~. :~~lclress.Stnfion Claim SIIIIIIW~. and II:I~IIPI* II(-stn.ishcs for snc.ccss in his nnn- field nf 1-lnirn :~djr!str~l. Agent IIIIIS~ [II:IC~ st:^- tiorl sI:iurl~ In place provitted olt :tdrice nr 1ill)or. st1111 :111il dr:ift, :111d :xf!ut or his :IIIIIICI~- ixcatl rcltrrsc~~l:iti\-rmust sig11 tlt~11r;lft Mr. RRII had I~ecnin t,he elnplop of :utei mlvivc stub wit11 ~)PLI:I!J~I ink. I'IIc' the Fristo for ovpr twwty-sc'\'r3n yea1.s tlr:!ft tnlrsl 1w Aclivc~t'cYl to Ihv cl:~inl:rlrt. oc his :il;torr~e!- if IIIIP is e~nl~lowll..\d\iw and resigllcd ~.ecc>nt1:- I o :~c~~litposi- htrllr lllllI4~ Iw all:rr~l~~~ciIn Iwr IBI cliriln Assislant to C'l~iof Il~tc>rc.i~a~~sy 1r:l(wr* ;111d ror\\:~rdetlI,>- first trniu mail tion ol' II~I~I.Vrrgi\ln.rt*d c.n\?r to S~~[~erint~odt.nlI~~sliector. I'rvial~l JABS, 1hinor.e Clnilns. Sllriux- tll I. .\qerrt'< h111li lii~stI)(! rc~I:~itl(~l ill pn?I)ar tile for ft11111.er1~fc.rc1lc.c. (1:) I!' in dwbt :IS ln tb~proper III:III~ Grain Movement ner of hnndline :III~ IKI~IU(:II~of C~:I~III* Supe.rintendrnt of Transl~ortation IIIIIIIVthis cir<%~hr.apply to SII~I~~II~(~II~ dct~tFrcicht 1,~~san11 TMinnrr (Il:~iurs m Su[,~:ri~~ter~detlttor inbrnlatioll. i~rif yc111 1~111llotgPt thc, tn;llter slrt~igl~tcl~c~~l0111 tlu trot pay IItc clninr, lirit srutl to tllr SIIIICI.- itltendc~il Yrl'izht rmns :111[l I):lll~l:l,CC' C!:~iros in tlr? ns11:d \%IF. (111 A~II~Sit1 11:1.vinz ~1:lilust~y ilr:~Ct. :IS llrr tljenr il~ l'hn Section 1"orelnen's T'rogrcssing I.esgne, cwmposrd of forcnlen who re- ~mrtto I In opcnini: 111, the mccting Roatl- lnast(5r I,alnl~r.rtatlth.ess~tl tl~vassem- Illy on prxc.tical tmck norli ant1 bror~ght out many intcwsling points n11ic.h sl~or~ltlprove of Iwnefit to tl~osr in this work. Ilc was fo1lonr.d hy S~ctionForc- III:III 0. 1%.I)avis, who ilnrrlt at length on thc scnl) qrwntion, ]minting 0111 to nrair~t.en:inc.e so interostingly ant1 thoroughly. llis adtlrcss was Tull of lievc thc agvnt of a grvat tlml of inl'or~nation for old and young alike, 1l'olll)lc' in sdttlillg (:laillls. Soction I.'ore~nen 1.:. 1'. Virgin and Cliarle~; Keith also atltl~~essetl the m'eting bringing out good poir~t,so11 n~aintaining track, general cloaning and the renewing of ties. 'I'hose who att.endet1 the session were: Iloatlmaster J. 1'. T,al~~bcrt, Hoaclrnaste~~'~Clvrk W. F. Colwlantl and Section Forcm~n0. L%. Davis, A. A. SIillcr, E, A. 13arn~tt,11. T3(!lir, .T. S, Sl1ep1)ard. 112. 1'. Virgin, ('liarles Keith, F. KII~Z,J. I,. \,7irgi11, 31, 117. Johns, \\;, .I, l'l1illi1)s, T, IV. Sc~>ly, .Tan~cs ICwer, T. 11. Day, R. .\I. Rd- n'artls, .I. F. >lillcr, I,. 1,. PritcI~~tt.,,T. 0. C111~1tlo\v.\V. E. 1)aily and I). F. \\'inters. tails of iL report 1;11on.n on his (livis- scv~)ntl in giving infor~nation, 1~1t ion as the 'C. I I. I].," c.o])y or n.hicl~ is I~:lntls hlr. l3:1ltzcll 111.tlctical1y all he 11o1x:a-ilh rrtl)roduccid : wants to Itno\\. Air. Daltzell, \vhen lie starts ovrr the linc, instrr1c.t~his tlis~~atc~l~crsto hav t.he olwrating and traffic: drpartn~c~nts all llis agents hand him a (:or)!' of th s and nlily commend itsclf to othcr sr~~)cri~~te~~dcnts. IT~IOT~. ------.- -~-- - - . .- -.... -- .....-...... Stop 'Em Somebody artist, 11itc.her1good hall for 3Tou11tain Eight teams havc fallcn in consccll- Clove, using the spit hall to n good tivc fashion lwforc the Ilwla~nation advantage. lrnt the ''scrap" boys suc- I'lant Da11 CIIII), co~~lposedc'nli~~ely of cwtiing in landi~~g-five hits. en~plogcsof the So~~thSide Spring- I'mpirc TIowe, of the Recla~natiol~ tklcl Plant. lJlant, olficiatcd behind the bat, whiln Tho Ilc~r:lain~ershave 1)roven thcln- 11.-.,,I! - w, of Nonntain Grove, n-as on tha sc>l\.c% invi~~cil)le g gain st all oppon- tivld and both the falls and 11x11 111ay- onls, allowiug only 16 scores in the ers n.c!re \yell pleased with all riccis- vigl~tgamcs pla.\wl so far this season. ions rendrrril. The game ~~lnyedi)ct\~ccn the Re- Tlic Rwlaniatior~ Club desires to vla~nation no?.~ and the Mountain challcn~c,tllronfi.li 'I'lic. F'riscw.)lntr. all Grove team, at 3lountain Grove, JIo., tc,an?s along the Frisco within a rca- Sr~rlday.JIay 10, was fast and full of son:1111c~ distanc4c, of Slringficltl, for spirit, the sc.orc Ijcing I to 3 in favor eil11c.r Sia111rtlay or Sunday gilrnes. of tho "Reclain~ers." (Ihallcnl?;es emt to C. R. Rnsh, man- Dc.st, thc. Ilc'clainl twirlcr, was on ager of ~IIPtran~, in care ol' the Spring- thc 1uo11nc1, alloni~~gonly onc hinglc firltl Rwla~untion Pla~~t,will roceivn and srntling tight over thc three-time imnirclinto at tcsntion. and if games can l~olltc:. I)(: arrangc,~lagreemc'nts will be drawn "I3uncs" Foslcr, the Drury mound 1111 nithout delay. ¶ Analyzing his folly enrages a fool. 41 A self-made rich man will do more for a dollar than a self- made poor man. ¶ There are two kinds of growlers-use the can for both. ¶ If money was the only incentive to success, the margin be- tween the best and the worst would be very narrow. 41 Ethics is merely a proper consideration for the rights of others enforced by decency and reason. ¶ There is a vast difference between what you hear and what you know.-For further details see legal department. 91 There is beautiful scenery along the way to success; dream- ers are always looking at it, but hustIers keep their eyes on the path. 41 Everything comes to him who waits provided he hustles while he waits. 41 It is astonishing how much of your conversation you can reduce to yes and no and how much trouble you can avoid by doing it. An appropriate joke is the best possible argument. 41 Some men's grit is like sunshine-fades in the shadow. 'i- 'i- II IZ R I s (: o - nr A N 15 REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TIMER-NO. 3. .I1 1.. h'd~tors The old mati u~itlthis picc:e Before I smt i/. "Sortcr svtr.li a clicclc taltnn of them-and p11111petl \ve~.cdigging \\.its a 101~1011y ol' mud. back to the section house. Thc rain \\.:IS unr~snallyheavy and thc The foren~an's rvife, unlikc himself', \\-at.c's rosc up llntlc~the tracli and was an encrgrtic3, good-hra~.ted\vonlan, sof'tcnctl il so tliat t11c I'orc~~~iln11ad 1.0 but evidently afraid of 11in1. \Ve sat put out slow ortl~wa11t1 work almost. down to a fairly good sr~pper,the forcs- 11ig11tand tlilv to get tl~atsmall sc:cTion man cornlilni~~i~~gall t,liro~~gll tlic met11 ill shape I'OY I)~rsi~~oss.\vl~c>rr;is, if \vo abo~~tthe expense of food and how lit- had d~igthe t1it1.h ]i~'o!)crl.va11r1 carri~tl tle nloncy he was malting eithcr out of the dirt nwy. we \vo111tl not have ex- 11s or out of' t,lie railroad. p('ricnc~ct1any tro~~ble. Al'tcr supl~crwas over 111c foren~an's This 11irc41~of ignornncc> cCoslthe rail- wife I)ec:lionc?cl for llic to conic to thc roac! about three (lays' \\.orli of thc Iiitvl~en. She had licnrd \vl~ercT l~atl sc?vtion S:IIIJ: to S:I~ nnfhing of tl~eex- come from and knew (hat I alu.ays I)CIIS~and aiinoyanc:c of slo\ving do\vu I'ared well. She bcgan to excuse her the trains. 1iusl)and and at thv same time handed r rrg::a~~tlc~Iit as a rather fortunate llle :t big piwe or nl)plc pie. Of course, thing tliat 1 st~mclcthis lorctulan aitc~r Llie pic \vent better than the excuses, my old foreman. as il garc! Ino an 01,- I)ut 1 fvlt sorry for the \vomau n11t1 ])orl~rnitpto sec jr~stho\v fille a man said I)ut little. my first I~oss\\.as. Si~~cethen I have seen all manners As result of the attitude of (.his and types or men. 1 have seen a lot fnrernan towards his men and his job. of Incan Incn tliat were r:al)al)le and very fcn, if any, of them uiallc n SIIV had so IIIIIC~ability that, to an extent, ccw. In fact, I only kno\v of OIIC lnan it col~ntcr-1)aIanced their meanness, who rvcr worked Tor him that is still I)l~t1 believe tllis foreman was the in thc land of tho livin' and is doing only mean n~an1 crcr met that didu't fairly \yell. Rut in his case he worlccd have thc slightest arnormt of ability. o111y a little \vIiilc and, strangely As an cxa~npleof tile mall's aRso111tc. cnol~gli,I saw him not long ago and il lack of comnion sense, I recall that, a I)ro~~ghtto my mind an inc9itlel~tof t'cn days after T started to work \v(, latcr years wlwn he was \yell 111) in \\we ditching along the right of way ~xilroadscrviw, and 1)(!1~1iapsit n~ight hct\veen the trac4c and a high em- he iv0rt.h relating, as it will I)(? of I~anlcnient. T noticed that the men in interest. to many old tim~rs. digging this ditcl~ \vor~ltl tl~row tl~c Grover C:lrvclanrl, then president of dirt llli the c~nbankment,most of it the tJnitad Stntcs, took a notion to slidi~rgbark and but 1it.t.le of it. reitcli- visit the \\'est.ern col~ntryand t.ravc.1 ing ll~ecrest. rron~I The Brand of Shame \\'hen t11c tlnnltry saw tl~ezc..l~rn, IIc hega11 to s\vitcli his tail; "\VoII. 1 nca\w," \\.as his conllllel11; "Tlrere's a 111ule that's bcrn in jail." Pltilotlclpl~ irt I,c~rl(/c~r. The Peace Maker Gc,ncral Yardnlaster "\\'hat arc >-on :unnin~ for, Teddy ?" 'I'rddy-"L'uI trying lo li~cl) two Cellers from fighlin.' " Gcnrral Yartln~antcr"\Vho arc tlir I'CIIOWS?" l'ctitly--"l!ill 1%1w\\-nand mcs." Tit For Tat Slalltlillg hy thr! entrance of a Iarg, ~stal~in the sr~hr~rlisof l)ul~lin are t.\vo hugc (logs c.arvod out in granite. An Knglishman going by in a motor thol~:;ht he wol~ldhave some fnu \\-it11 l hc Trish tlri\rcr. "I lo\\; ol'lm, Jack, do they S~cdtInos(! tu o l~igtlofis?'' - - -- Common Enough "I slnoultl lilic to sen so~ucspats," said thc pwcise fic'nll~~~~an. "\Vc~II, st ic31c :~~,o~intl."sliggostctl the IiPY fl~~ll'\\~:llk<'~'."'l'he salrsladies :ire sta1.tillg 'r111 all ihc~lim~."---Plri,l,:. ---- May Do So Later Agent-T\'ol~ltl yo^^ lilir lo get ritl of -- All off A man vo1.y nn11c.h or~tol I)reatll ~;III into th(! ~.ail\\-a);statio~n and ~natl(::I wild rmh for fhc tic.k(+sc>llcr's min- (low. X i'(?~momcnts later he c:urlc I)wk ant1 sat down with an air of de- jection. "So yo11 missed ?-our train," re- ~mlrked his neighbor. "I su1)pose Iherc \\-as a wolnan at the ti~ltet.-\\~in- tlor\- IIIIIIL~I!? for her pocket-l)ook?" "\\70~wthan that," rcplirtl the dis- :~r~pointctlon('. "There was a fat man 1 rying to get I hro~lglitho t~rrnstile." L ipp in cot17.s. Route Right The following from General Western AgmL llall of San Francisco, Calif., II[KIII the subject of raisins, prunes and other dried fruits, nuts, beans and canned goods shipments should be of interest to all traffic solicitors: T!lc tca111 \\-as challerrgetl by n (caw .Inrlpi~lg from present I~rospwts Cali- I'III%~:I will ~n.jny the laryest LUIIII:I~L-,CIIII- from the sl~j)erir~ter~dcnt'sof tic.^ ad \istill: of tllc :IIIO\W ~~~~nlnoclities,in llrc in the first clash won tl~reclstraight history of Illc Stnte during the ensnin: wnwn: ?ihi])~~~c~llsto ronlnlwce wilb 811- gamcs. In thc~ retllrn nlxtch they gusl first ;III~c~mlinning throng11011ttllc SWSIIII.'Tlw LnIe ro~~~titiuussnrrou11din2 took two out of tl~rcc11y to/) Ileavy score<. tests I)et\\-cm thc teams tlnd large cro\\-ds witncss the bowling. l'hc Jlcchi~nic.al Store I~epartmcnt Tcam \vould like to hear from other organiaatiorls of (his c:l~a~.act.c~ramong IViseo crnployes. 1,el't to right, those sho\vn are: Ipred JIorgan, distril)~~lionclcrk, Inas- tc18 mec11anir:'s ol'fivt?; I<. I(:. I{ro\vu, time-lteelwr, 111aste1~~uet.l~a~~ic:'s ol'ficr; 9. Clay I lnrltness, tli\risio~~stor(,- Iteepcr, caj~taiu;I,. 11. Ifitxllr~glr,c,ler.lc store department; !'. F. T'ntlden, c,l(lrl< store dej)artment. r~~lctlon the Frisw, Jlay I, untlor tho sujwr\ ision of the telegraph dt'l)ti~'t- ~ncnt. Snperinte~lclent of telegraphs is antliorizrd to issue s11c.11 instruc- tions covering this service as he may deem nercssnr); from tilnc to tme. General ATanagc?~, l,c?vy issued the I'ollo\ving c,irc,r~laru11on th~II~\V sc:r- W.U. Information. The l'ollowing circulars co~~taining instr~ictionsand information regard- ing mossages t.hargc,able to Wnsti.l.n T-nio~~Pra~~lis, issr~~ti I,!. 11. 1). Teed. s~~~~e~.illtt~nd(?~ltof tclcgral)il, arc \v~11 \vorti~yof the careful consideration of all who llavc' to (lo nilh the handling of trlcgrams. Tl~e ro-operation of franli-holders is earnestly soliritcd in this raml~aignto rcducc telegraph rspcnse: Shon. on rcy~ort :)I1 lurs%:lsrs cI111rpe11hlr 10 yc~t~rSt. T,, :111d S. I('. fr:~uk. This iw clu~irs: I. :\I1 mrssilncs cscl~:~lr~cclon :III.Vnub .icc4 o~.i.riu:~t~vl11.v yo11 i~relndi~~::1llsnrers :Is \VI,II :I< llll~s$:l~esfiIiY1 l,y >-011. 2 .\l~w~pcsrcvc~iwd 11y ~OIIwl~ic*Il :ilSr :Ills\\-crs to ).OllP 1eiiers. 3. ll(~ss:~uc~rcw~ircrl collcc,l which yo11 ~I(~:IIIII~:I~11111lcr y011r fr:lnk, I),I not shon' oll rc]l~rrL: .I. llcswprs sent IPS you wl~lrl~nrc :Ilrs\wrs ~IIIs1111jecls origin:~lwl 11s so~~~c- ollc. r1s1.. ,?, .\IPSH:IL'PS ~1'11f n~:ld1IC:ltl .\IlR\!'Cl' of her r:1ilro:1cI 01, I ~wusport:~I io11 ci~lnpan- I. 1)olr'L sliun ~l:~sl~csIIIIII'SS UPI%!.S:I~~ if 511. h11c'Il Lt~ctln i~t~l--"~l:~~t~." .7, l)o11'1s:ty !I111 -Wf11- :;lst write> CI~citt IIII~ :I\ "11i11111,""lhir~i~;fl~," "lltirly first," ti. Ili~u't 11sc IIIIIII('~~<.:I~S..ill lizt~r(.\ IIIIIS~ \! ril 1c11, 7. lhlll~l 5:1y '1, I>. :111d s. I,-, Ry, (To,-- (<. 1:. & (],-h'Y(-,klil:- (:, lt, I & k', 11sc ~II(-CI~~LIIIIIIII~,~ I ~ - - -~ - - --. . - --. ------ Ihwrwnv~\V~x%~kin~ Crew on 99O:il. FI. SWI I, linn*. --+- .- - ~------~ Circumstances Alter Cases At a mcctting oC c,l~~,gynrr~la rurare \vas anxious to 111,inghi~~~sc~ll' r:~~(Icr the notic,(. of the archl~isl~ol).I lr infor~n~d his :I,:.IW tl~at11e h;td rcwntly socn a \\nlltlc~l~Cul~xal11~11l' of till? \vays of 1'1.oviclc.nc.c. "Yor~r grace," said the (.II~;I~P,"111y aunt intcnrletl taking a yail\vay joul.nc~y,but. missed the train, o\\.ing to Ilcr cab Iwing h(~ltlup. That vory train rue1 with an accideut and Illany passcnpcrs n.r.c> Irillctl ancl in- j~rrcd. \\'as not that a \vontlcrT~~Iin- tc>rvcntion of IJrovitl~-nw?" TII~:irclrl)isl~olr lookecl at tht' mratc, C. H. CLAIBORNE, SUPT. THIRD DISTRICT. Another Reminisence. 1:y '1 ,tother Otd Tim(,:. Ilandaged then1 so w(:II wit11 G~orgc>I. 'I'l~c firs1 ti~nehc. al~])c'arccl in tlw I'r~llman's I)lank~ts,tllilt t11('y \~CI'Oput "Lloun I)allgV cou~~trynits as oljera- into servicr without having to go to tor at. (lartliage. 116: had just gradn- the sl1ops. ;ltd I'ronr 11is I':+l-l~c~r'sfarn~ in thc \\;hen the line from Olcli~l~o~r~aCity ''Flint. Ilills" of Kansas, and was as to Qunnah was authorized Ca1 \\'as !,ro~rcl of his blue cap as Contl~~clorplarcd iu rharge of the caonstrr~ction. G(~~rgoI)o~wl)lnac~~~ \vas of his own II~IV J,allor was scarce and 11c was sent to III~~I'OI~I. Texas to sccure nicn. Tlc rcturncd \\21c>n thc lletl Kivrr Oivision was with a train load of thr I)lack(~stindi- ol~cnc'tl for 1111si11cssI~etneeu Sal,r~ll)a vitlr~als you could in~agiile. \Vorlc and Shprn1~11,Cal Claiborne was made proceeded through Wcstrrn Olclalion~a. lrain~uasler. Great prel)a~'atiol~had Chicf Geronimo had 11ccl1 c,nl)t~~rctl i)aon ~natl(,for tlw installittiolt of tllc and with his band of cut throats was "n~ctcor" ~YH~IISbetween Kansas City, at Pt. Sill guarded by Unclc Sanl'y sol- St. 1,ouis ;tl~dIc'r. Wortl~. clicrs. Chief Quanali Pmlicr lived ill The tincsl: cquipn~cnt money could a red-roofed mansion at the head of I)ny hat1 hcvn arranged l'or. Traffic Catthc Creek-a few milcs \vest of .\Ianager S~~ytler,Gcneral Passcngcr J,awton-and his Jndia~lswere ti-ntc~l Agwt Alex TIilton, Superintendent for miles around. 0'1 lam of tho Kastern IXvision, Harry One Sunday threr of Cal's l~lackrncn ?li(cl~ell of thc No~~thernDivisiun, \vandcred ul) to Cacl~eCreek and sw- (korgc Schleyor of tho Crcelc alld Rcd ing a tent 1,rocecded to invc,stig:~tc. Ilivcr TXvision, \vc?rc instructed to see Tt happened to bc oc,cupicd hy a fr!\~ that rlotl~ing p~'cvonted the prolnpt. "squaws." who had nevcr sccn any- morrn~cntof theso trains and most of thing quitr so bl:~c*k, and their tl~oItigllrr officsials were al)o:~rcl the Cornanc~lieyell had imrncdintc rcsr~lts first trip. for "bucks" scenwd to rise out of thv 1Cvorything went snlootl~ly nnd aronnd and thc racc mas on, all I.(:(-- Sapl~lpa\vas ~w~cl~rd011 lime a11c1 the orfis l)rokcn, cs~)cciallywhen the right. 11,ainsswitched for Oklaholna City and of way frncc was rcarhrd. Kvcrg col- Ipt. \Vorth. No. >OD pas~cdOkmulgcv ored 1u:cn made :I elcar rworrl and ;111ti Ilol(l~wvillc 011 tin~cl, 1,~t\vlien nevcr touchrd a wire and thcv lost. no Francis rcl~ortccl"uot yct" the wrcclc- time getting into the hunlc car. ing rrcw was asscrn1)led and in about Jn a short tinic Chief Quanah Pnrlcer an hour Conductor Creorgc Dornblazer rode down on a Cayuse al~outthr size ct1.111e wallcing into Francis with the of a jack rabbit and remarked that it information that the new train had was a good race and showed the super- departed from thn rails-an11 yon iority of the rrd man over the blarlr, should have seen his nen nniform. hut Mose, who had just come out from No one was injured and the passen- under the bed. said "No. Ross. thev gers wore transferred and Cal Clai- didn't do that. for the closrst they got, horne left to rerail the cars and hc to us was when I tripped ovel- one of Frisco Team lom~a,11); \V. A. \Tatson, 211 and uraw '~'IIc F'risco basc~l~allteam at St.. agcr; 11. Gratlv. ss.; 1'. Con~~c~lly,31); 1,ouis lor the year 15\14 is co~~sidcrcdG. iloc~l~n,cf; C. Curran, rP; T. Fair- the strongest that ever rcprcscnted child, If; .I. Atliins, (.; It. l~airchiltl.11; tht! railroad. It is c:on~poscd of em- .I. Close Close, 11; R. Hochr, utility; r~loyos in thr General Oftices all of I I. Ih~rg\vald,utility. \vl~on~arc well kno!vr~ in St. Louis :1rllat~urrircles. 'I'11c.y arc playi~~gin thc Railroad lonqro of \vllic.h tl~cly \rere chan~pions ill 191:: a~~da1.c c~~l~cv~tetl to rnpeat. tlltsir ~~fb~,fori~~anveoC last year. Sllntlays are sct aside lo^. out of to\vn ganlrs and any fast tea111 along the 1;risc.o ran arri~ngvga111t's 11y atl- dressing W. A. \Valson, 112~l'risco R~~iltlirrg.Thc 4th and 5th of July are o!m dates on the srhctlule and Jlr. \\'atson, manager, is anxious to possible. fill these dates as soon as It. 1.:. Hiller. brid~eeapinwr: J. Srlrras. prnrrr~l Ynrmlnn and I nclr (:. W. (HII~) Thc lineup is as follo\vs: B. Co- l'llrnrr. thr father of nll hriclpcmun. TI1 15 1g1C 18CO-MAX 27 CLEAN LIVING AND QUICK THINKING. 'UICfullo~ci~~~ /(elk ~c;ilIt COII11 iv .l/cwl~,~~;pot.l(vl b!/ 110t1I.!/ I;VOC;I~. .YCI;(/~I(~,III,, (111d !)IIZI/~,Y/II>~Lill, tl!(, .llct!/ issc[(, oj .llcCltt~~!',s.If(t!/(!zitrc7 1bit11 !/1,c11111ic ill~lsL~,(~. /iot~.sc~~ed I.(>-!III ~rli~~l~~~cll~uIl~e ~~)ttt~/csy oj' tlecit pel lrli(,ut io~eill Y'ilF; P'J<~SCO-.~IL~.\:~ will 01~11.1,of I~II~~I~C~YLto c: I:OT!! ~~!ilt~(rcl,II~CW u:/I(~/~IcI~iir ti(, o /~ctsc~iic/~/cttL/~,t~siu,vt 01. 11uL. ()c~otiny fro111 111~' ~~'c'cln~blc of 111.i~cl~~tic~lc. .lit.. Xc.~lltc~rrr.so~s: "!l'i~;,s grct!l s))('c,ictlisl Iclls some of I//(, big jac:tolx 20111'(:1~go to prorle~ciIl~nl. pc,c,~ilic!~. c~jri~,bin- trliorc oJplr!c,k, tlari~l!~,c~r~tltft'rcr~c~~. 6c'lf-c:o?t~~ttrn11d nlfd clteicA: j~~rlyrncir1 Llltrt ,~rtnke i/er.,i~ c~~rrltrains wire." Tlfc might go jtwt?~~~.anti ~I.~IZ{I 0111 111,~'poi~~t tlrflt tlris nrlicle c:n~.ricvi ils broctdcsl anti most rc,slric.tc'cl scnsc' the vflluc: oi Sflfst!] First. It was directly after the IVorld's ing on top. Thcn there was thc boys' Cl~a~nl~ionshil)had been \van by the gmlencss, which i could illustrate Athletics for thc third tinlo-a rccord over and over. Back of it all put --that a broad-minded ne\vsll;cpcr ctl- down the yor~thof the ~llayers,Sor- itor, who is hardly to I)e class'tl as n 'Yonth will hc served,' yo11 know. I)a.sebRlI fan, remarked that Connie Uarring onr pitvhers Ilender and Mack 11ad more influcnc,e with the Plank, \vho arc vcterans in years I>ul ~~oc~thof America than any other nlan as young as the brmt of thcw, our he co~~ltluanle. I)ascball machine docm't avcragc "A11 olicr the col~ntry," said (11c al)ovc t~venly-flvcyears for tl~c! t\velve otlitol', "n~otl~crsarc telling their boys '~)arts'-the rognlars, 1 Inc'an. Our that if they want to sta~~dhigh in grant infield averagcLs untlcr twcnly- sl~ort,if they aspire to be ch;unl)ions, seven. Of IY)III.SR,this c.oi~ntsheavily thcy nlrlst not drink-they nust lvatl i11 the 1)os score." clrnn lives. victory of >lack and (jzc,ick l'hi7~liireg ~ILR(tsebtrt1. his tc'anl is a triun~l~hfor vlcan liv- )lack ~)arlsedand t.ho~~ghtfor a 1110- ing." mint 11c:fore he went on. Then lie (lot, ,r ic: Mack A.i&nlyses tlrc ~ltlrlctich" said slowly: Buccess. "1 have comc to the conclusion. This sl~cecll~nadc a strong illlllres- I-~owcver, that. the co~~tinuctl'c.lass' sion on me, and on the first. owasion shown by the Atl~letics can be 11ut th:11 offered I aslied Connie Maclr to down--if yo11 want it in a scwtcw:e, c:splain in a word the soccrss of his right over the 1)late- to c.lr,atc li.c;in!l tc:am. T-Tr smiled and anslvercYl: trud (],!tickth in.kii~q. "\\'e had the hest I~all club and "And witho~~tthe on(' yo11 ~tcll't sllowcd our bcst haselmll." have‘ t,he othc~thoc1r1ic.k thi~~lii~~p. nut, nhrn 1 ]MI( the same rlr~estion TIherc's nothing to tl1:lt. lo l~inlagain, three months latcl', he "T~rnpcirance is a line thing- and ans\vccrcd: don't get th~wrong nnglc on that "I've thorlght about that, off and on, tr:?~apct~nnrc."IIP ca~~tioncd."For one ever since yo11 asked me before. Ollr thing, it apl)lies just as rn~rchto ent- batting', our fielding, our team-work, ing. One of the most 1)rilliant play- yes, and 011r superb pitching, which rrs of the last trn ycars ate his 1vay snl-e (lid fool the experts-all thesc out of the Ameriran T,cagne! If yo11 \\.ere factors, big factors, in our land- think that's far-fetched, remember drink t~~~eslionif \w hat1 paid Inore atLention to th(' net loss in I1111nan efficiency?" "ITavc you :my rulw on tho sub .jtsct?" 1 asked. "In our club \\t3 have no rulrs al~or~t 1 hc? plnycw' ~)ersonal11:ll)i ts," an~\~cj't>d Alack. "It is recognizctl that a major Icajiuc~r.\vim a c,arec.l in front of 11i~n and really big mowy in his !~octlit?ts. must cut out all I~ad hal)its. lfior if he docsn't tile pace bct:o~nes loo hot for him-the rompctition for a regu- lar position too fic'rce." relnintlcd Col~nit: Z1ac.k of an t!xl)rrirnw, ant1 he told this story: "Going South one spring. I too^ ~luitea f;~ncyto a youl~gstcr\vl~o was to bc trietl out. 1 lilted lcis looks i111d T lilietl his line oC talk-- al:ove all, I lilrc~lhis high spirits. Sren~ctlto me that he ao~~lcl1)r LI1e1.t. fightiug all thc time,-- Ilevty. down in 1118 ITIOII~~ and ready to qc~it. So, Ila\~ing1alrt:n s~~c,ha fancy to him, I lwgm to 1)ry iuto his private life a litt.le, but in s~~cha \vi~y as to make hi~nscc that. 1 \vi~s-yoi~ kno\v-rc'ally int(>rc?jtetl iu him. not IHC~C~~(.III,/OIIS al)ol~t his o\vn an'airs. Quite c.:~sually, as 1 ~nigl~t ha\^ nsltetl l~ilnif 11~likotl to go to thc thcntw. T int1l1irctl iC II~drank. Coltrcic .Iltrr~k",s.ll(~tlrod. "\\'rll, that young fellow was frank and above-board nhout. it. Said he took a drink oncc in a \vhilc--a glass of 1m)r ocxasion;llly, soncet.in~c~a whisky; but al~uostalwa>-q he dra~~li to 1)e sociablt!--to be a 'good fcllo\\-.' '"1)o you ever go xmhilc witho~~t drinking?' I asked. " 'Sure!' he exclaimed. Sou~etimrs I go two \veelts or a month witl~out taking a drink.' "'Don't you miss it?' I asked him. " 'Not a bit! Never miss it at all.' "I kept quiet a few minutes. Thcn one, did not want arty such reports fkillg I'oIIntl lai t:r about the At,hletics. It \\.ollld he bad enough to lose the rilam~)ionship,I relninded then^, \vitl~- o~~thaving a 1)undle of regrets to pbs- ter yon. lt,'s hard enough to lose to a better clnb, but to beat ourselves- say, hat's another way of throwing aw?' H gan~c?w11c.n you have won. "Aftcr Lhis little talk ott 'efficiency' I suggested that every Inan on the sollad who felt sure that he could go witholtt a drink, if in thc habit of drinkit~g,was to say so, oj)enly and befor(! 11s ail. I3ut any tttan th:~t wasn't. (lad snrc! was to insist on Imv- ing his drink-and nobody was going to tlcny it to him. Aroltnd the room \\-(I went, and every pln.yer ~~rotulsed. Of coul,se, yo11 ~~~~tlv~~standthat a nun II(>I. tlitln't nwtl to-never towlled it. "Tl~rtre \vas :I star of the old Ath- Ir.tics-the i.cxatn that met. the Giants in 1905-\vho was still wit11 us as ntil- ity IU~III. Ile seldonr got into games, but was always rcwdy, and he made a valua\~lemarl to do tile roaching at thirtl--tho only 11lac:e it mmts for anything. 1'11 to the last, game of tl~c stet-ics, this ~rlayrrdidn't hantllc a ball or s\vittg a bat. B~tthc did Iris sh:~rc~ of wint~ing gallles on the roadling line. \\'heu the fonrth ganlo was over --thc co~~.rrt.\\-as then 3 to 1 in onr fa\or- Ilc certainly was in I~atlsh;lll?: l~ad;I fir~wcold, caonld ha~dlyspeak al~o\.ea. \\.l~ispc%ra~~d s'cn~etl to be in for a set.-to \vith the grip. 1 \vasn't sulprised to have him come to me al)out hirnsclf. Near as I can recall it, OIII' talk wcnt like this: " 'Connie, T'm a sick Inan. If 1 ~lon'l;takr somet11i11g to brace me II~, 1'11 I)e in I~etlto~norl'o\v.' "'You Incan yo11 want. to takc a clrink'?' 1 asked him. "Ire ackno\vledgerl it. '' 'All rixltt; go ahead,' T told him. (!lr~b,Imt ii~orvesr)ecialIy as 111~11. IIc told those prwent that not a uan on the 'I~~uitlred-thousantl-doI1a1-infield.' as it. is ~)op~~larlycalled, had 'cvcr lcnown thc taste of liclnor,' and that a team of nine first-string men could 11c put in the field not one of whom had eyer talicn il drink! Taken in cow junction with his first remarks,-his hand-o~rtto I~Ic,-1 felt highly 1)leasctl about it. It Illcant not ouly success, but the right kind of sncccss. as T look at it. "About twenty years ago," con1 i11uot1 ;\.lack, "when catching for the l'itts- 11urg-I1 Nationals, 1 was talien by sr~r- ]]rise one day. The o\vncw of the club ol'Crrc:d me the n~anage~nont.Tt was too attractive a ~)~'opositio~~to turn do\vn, and T tool< the reins a11t1 did my level best to make a winning 1,811 club. My notion \vas that Ilall- layers fit for the major Icagne, with twtainty of ei~~ploynientand real money assured them, wo111d li~cl)th(!m- selves in good 1111ysiml condition :IS a matter of course. Rut 1 found they \vo~~ldn't,a~~d that T co~~ltln'tint1ut.e them to-not tile playors 1 1~11under me in those days. That's the wason \vhy I \vc,ut to thc ~ninors--went of niy own violition: 1)ecause 1 wntetl to 1var11 how to handle men. "1 leal~ncrl-n11c1 I calnc. 1)~cli.Siuic then. or in thirtocn srasons, our clul) has won five American T,oagnc pen- nants ant1 tlire~\Vorltl's (:hampion- ships. Conltl anyhotly wonrler ~hyI arrl partial to clean living and qrliclc tl~inlcing?" "You say you have no rules a1)out thn lllayers' personal hal)its?" "Sot a rule." said hTaclr positi\vly. "1)on't yon ever discws the ~111)- jert?" "SII~P1 do-in 0111. morning fallis. you know. wc havr 1)asel)all talks cvcry morning. Of t.onrse, tht\ gcsn- TTTR FRTSCO-MAN ern1 iclca is to go ovcr carcl'r~lly~~oints in the game 01' the: (lay I~r~forci,allel also Lo plan for thc! (lily's Iv~ltlc. \\:ell, T talic c?vc!ry oyyort~lnityto tlis- c:uss drinking. There mill l)c (lays, wry well-ill other words, \ve've got o11r plan of attac#li thorougl~lyworked out. So 1 switc:h froin l~ascl~allto l~igl~l~alls." "What do you hang it on-\vl~at's your angle of approach'?" "ATnglx oncl thing, maylw anotlicr," Illay a rot sl~o\vtotlay; it 111ay possi- Illy not sl~o\vin thvir 1)laying to~nor- ~.o\\.; IIIII it's alr1.e to sho\v tl~c?(lay all er." that they \\eren't any good to anybody, lcast of all to thc~i~selves. "John and Ilichard wenl. ho~~~c+. Al'tcr thc soason was ovel.-tho JWn- nant lost--they rame to sei5 the Inan- agw. Ry this time (.boy hat1 got sonle sense in their heads. Jot~n11o~. who had thought 11imselI' so high II~),Co~~ntl that he was falling otY that l)(~r(.l~- that not only his ~)rosl)i;ctsIIII~ the, reputntinn he hat1 matlv as a g-w;~t playcr \wrc on the \vane. Richard saw that his means ol' livrlil~ood \v;rs going glimmering. '1'11t,!; were pretty I~adlyscared-and t1lc.y \vouldn't haw l'ac*tld their managcr if they hadn't hen in nced of Inonpy. "\Vc'll, the nlanager went at th~~n hard. Ire tlitln't only tell then1 tlwy IIIIISII'~ drink when the scasoll was 011 -he tolcl 1.hc~rn thoy had to stop im- n~ediatoly! Ilc impressecl 011 John 2nd Itivl~ardthat thry would get no contract with the cl~~hif they hadn't cut booze out altogether betore tho season olw~~c~l.You \vouldn't think- - now, wor~ld you?-lhat 111~11 ~11o c80r~ltl~~'tor wo~~l~ln'tstolj drillking in nlitl-season woultl stml) absolulelp after the sci~son WHS over? J3ut they ditl. .Tohn and liichartl r)ull(d 111) sl~ort. \\%en the nest season o~)c\nedtl~~!; nvro in A-1 c:ondition, having line cow stitutions. And tl1e.y played great ball I'or the club! "Anotl~or thing: al'tcr tl~eir'co~nv- hack' they hgnn to be careful wit11 thdr money. And say-the player who saves his money is the player who t1oes11't drink, every time! "IS you stop to think almnt it, therc,'s no thin^ st.rangc; jn this. 'iV11y. fol. a comparison. take tho lic111or trad(!- the men in thc licluor 1)11sincss. Sinc,ty-nine pr~cell1 of the men in thc~ 1)11sincss who put away money i~latlv 1:orton hat over. Althor~gl~the play \vas~l'lac3tu;!ll- 1111ll~l OW, it \vas as rel1~tlrlial)lc all instanc.e of quick thinking as I haw cvcr seen. There, a~ain,\\.as do~rl~lcq11ic:k thinking! "Tlicre is a play of arm whic:h is !:op~~l;~rlycalled the 'double sq~~cezc:.' It \\.as now last season. Tho 'single squeeze' has bern played so111c tiu~c.- tl~e~UIIIICI. on tl~i~.tl, the I)un(, with tllc ruuncr starting as the pitchv winds up, and tlrc u~anacross the ~1:1t(. IN- fo~~thc I~all (,all bo piclicN ulr a~~tl thro\vn to t11v c.atcllc,r---in other \vortls, the runner 'sq~~c?cwd'IIOIIIC. "Doth," 1'Pj)lic.d 3J~1i~Ii.'*Fi\.(? )c.ars Enll~loyosarc in~itcdto send itleas, ago 1 \roul(l takc n rllan who drank, s~~gg~stio~lsand (.ril.icisnis in 1i11e\vith ~rrovidedI thought 1 c~or~ldhandle him thv work oi' tlic committee, direct to -aud g~'iltlually 1)reak l1i111 of tli~ any ~iieri~l)i:t~,or to Cl~airnlan 0. II. hallit. SO\\I \vollltlll't I)otl~(?r\vitll ii .\It:C:arty. Of c.or~~,sc:,tlic idcas ad- yoringstel' \vllo th'illlis. l'hill's In?, valic:ctl sl~o~ildI)? \r~~itlc)nlegi1)ly antl lisctl ~)olic.?.-I have changed." hricHy; l)ut above all else they sho~~ld "011 accollnl of ago?" I)e specific. "So-wistlonl: I'ye l)~,ovetl 1111 to Jri case of olnc'rgcncy. rel)ort sho~~ld my own salisfai:tion, this Iursil~c~ssof I)c nlaclc tlirivt to the p:-irty (.or~i:er~i(d, clean living and quick thinking. Tt's as well as to s~~pcri~ile~ldrnt,in order ~IIP str~fl vhampions are mark of. t,hat ilumccliatc artion nay I)c: talctw. Tlic~~~~'snothin:, to th;~t." In othi~r\\ords, all tli'trimcwtal situ:i- tio~~ssho~~ltl Ire corrc~i:tedproml)tlv as Claim Preventative 1)ossil)le. Thc Sorth~rnDivision was the firs: Tli~organization of a I"~c>igl~tClai111 on the Frisco, and pcr1ial)s the first o~i any railroad, to organize a conunittrr t.o try out this new nlan, and its suc- cess tlc!)c~~!tls cntircly Ilpon the vo- oycration ol' PIIIIIIO~PS ill a11 h~an(.hcs. It is 111) to tlic men to sw the resulls Tlrc~ol)jcct of this Claim I'rc\wlta- are not disal)pointing, and if they arcL tirc Clom~llittcc is, ;is its name indi- nlivc to the oppo~-tr~nitirs offered to cor1w.t situations t.hat are causins claims, it \\.ill be 1)11t a short wl~ilc clainls, it. is a llloven~cntstartctl to I~eforcall that has heen ylanni~l by intcrcst. our cmploycs in claim 11re- thc ol3ganization ill have been vcwtnl ivc 111:lttc~rs; to c.or~,ect contli- ac,liic\wl, and freight rlaim pay~i~cnt \\.ill he materially rerl~~ccd. 3Iembcrs of the co~nnlittecare to in? to do with t11c handling of freight, serve onc year and those clcctcd lor rr-511llingin tlan~agcof any kind. the c~~rrentterm arc: 0. TI. J1cCart.v. It is 1r1'ol)oscll that tht5 comn~ittcc~ s~ilrr~,intendc~~t.Pt. Scott, Knns., chair hold four ~neetingsendl n~onthat thr man; E. Otton, \var~ho~isc!foreman. rollon in:: points: Po1.t S~ott.Pitts- Thnsas City. JTo.; 31. R. Taylor. 11111~~.Tcansas City antl Sl~ringfirld. s\vitchman, Fort- Scott, Kans.; Q. Tag- 'I'hc. fi~st~nc~ting will 111: hcld at Fort qart, c:ar rcl>airr-:r,Raster, Tcans.; Dcn Scott, .Tun(; 3, at whic:h ti~nc?thc datas Gould, rontluctor. Fort Scott, Kans.: for Ihc ulentings at othctr ])oints will D. 31. Lap, s1)wial agent, Kansas City. IF arranged. 310.; 8. Q. JIanlove, cn~ineer,Fort The feature of discilrline will not Scott. TZans.; W. Q. \Irolfe, ~t'n~ral entor illto the work of the co~nmiitcv aqcnt, Pittsbl~rg,Kans.; G. R. Carson, 11or will pmish~nent.be inflicted as rc.- yard~uaster. Pittsburg, Kans.: P. W. suit of anytliing \vIiic.h might colnc 11p S;lylcs, I)ralicman, Fort Scott, Tcans. at tlw niectinzs or 1)e rel~orlcd1)). the -- rornn~i(tec. Tlw ~~~~rposcof the meet- TIIP l3nlliist Tklrnrtm~nt\vxnts rllats ings is purel!- cdl~cntional. from evcrvone. Send t.l~emin. SAFETY FIRST SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RALLY T r1 E I< I s c o - 11A s :V SAFETY FIRST Illlllliil!l1lilllli'l~~l!llllllllilllllll!lll!ll!ll1llllllllil'1IIIIIIIIII1i1II1IIIIIIl1~!~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~IIII~IIIII~~!II~I!IIIII~IIIIIIIII~I~~I~IIIIIII//IIII/III~I~I~~!IIIIIIII~~II~I~~~III~~III~I~~II~~~I~I~I~I~I~~~I~I~III~I~I~II~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ save tirne. I had placcd my trucli, t~r~gr~ratca can~paign of cd~~catiorito I'IYJIIL\vlli(:h I loaded thc c:rc!aul, along t.eac11 irn i~ltc'lligcnt man th(! safe \!'a,!. side oC tl~ctraek. Ucforc 24 itrrivetl, to pcrlorln his u.ork to avoid injury lo No. 21, soutl~ bound. tlr~v at 10:12, hinlsclt' a~~dhis co-norlcc~rs. but wlwn c,an~cin and slo\sed do\rn for onc! pas- \re realize the a])~)alli~ig11un1l)er of sclngcr to get off. This passcuger able 1)otlicd IIIPII who cach ycar arc startr'd to swinq off just. Ilelore thc ~nr~imctland cril~l~lc~dfo~ life; thc train had come to a perfect standstill, number of 11o1nes madr dosolate l)e~ tlc noticed the truck just in time to cniluse of accidrnttrl deaths of bread 11ull I:imsc,lf ba(.l< on the car step aud winncrs of t& fa~~~ilies,any person ;~voitlvtl striking the tr~~c:li,which who givm the s~~hjcctthor~ght ~nr~s:. 1--ouM haw 11nt1oul)trdly resultcd in couclude that something must. he (1o11c su~~rcI~rolccn bones, if nothing more to (.OLISOIT(:the lives a11t1 1i1nl)s of rail- serious. road employes. It \vas th~nI rcalizetl l~owmuch In the interest oJ' the (:onse~vttio~~ bettor it \voultl be to hold a train trlltil of h11111au lit'c and limb. it is necrssary I multl 1,1111 the t~mclcto thtr sido of it to t111.n to som? other I~KVI~S,to atlol~t than to place it lllerc I~eforehand and some other plan tliau that of Icgal I~awan ~crident. onactn~ent,or the j)ay of nlom money It is certainly n1uc:11 betl.er to hold in personal injnry or clrath c3lailns, to a train a Yrw nlo~nc-:nts:rnd a~:oid an protc~tthe life and li~nl)of railroad acc,itl(~nt.than to go ahead and save en1p1o.w~. Ihoso fnw niomonts and pc~rl~apshr the As there is no way by whic11 wc c.2r11 calls(-! ol' injrrring sonlc,ono. It doesn't mc3asrrrc the vx111c of htrn~anlife, or takv as long lo prevwt an injury as it main~ecland cril~plrdlimbs, wr sho~~ld tloc~t,o cure one, and l~c~sitlesthe time for hrrmsnity's snlcc~,gct I~asyand do part of it, injuries are not always cur- cver.vthing nithill our power to con- al~lr?, sel,\-c and saw t11:it. nrl~i(:llis 1)1.ic~eIess I noi~ldsay to all Friwo men, and to us, our livcs and the limbs that lo othcrs, Ict's all do wh~twc can in C:otl fiR\'C 11s. tile int~rcstof Safety First. \ire have If railroad employes tvill I)ut wake ill1 cswIl(?nt ~n(vliun~~IIIY?II~II \vI1ic11 1111 and do t,l~rirpart by a c:onccl~tctl ue ('an work tog el he^' ill 11armo11yand Inove togethc!r with the managcrs of to ou~'advantage, 7'lw I.'~.i.vo-.lTnrr, so t11v railroads, they ca11 prevrtnt thc Ivt's stautl for Safcsty First and angel of deat.11 from c~~tcringint.0 HOOST. tho~~snndsof 01.1~ I~omosand prcscrvc tllc' Srcw nscXol' the limbs tl~atGod gave ICnginwr 11. J. Al~~rphy,onr of t11c 11s. spenlccrs of the Pakty First Rnllv. In disr~~ssingthis Safely First Spri~~gfirltl,Yo., April 16. I)rought out :novclnr:llt nit h cw~l!loycs of the in 11is ad~lrcwthe Collo\ving intcrest- 1Wisc.o ant1 otl~erroads, I havr. fo~~r~tl ing points: a great many \vho wcrc skeptical. who Tt swms sl I anpe, in this el~ligl~l(-'nc>d (lid not I.wlic!vc ill the r.oml~anicbsbcing age, that it would I)() nrccssary to in- lio~~rstin their intention and who 'I1 11 E 13' I< I S C 0 - 11 A S 8!) SAFETY FIRST I1l'1'II~!~I!l"1li 1 Iill'llli~lI1ii i 1 lllilllll'llll'~lilllll'l~~l~l~lllll'l"I II'I1'lI~~lil'Illll,'liillil lil~ll~l!lll~l!lilli i~lllllll!'1"!'111~11"~"111111!!1'1'!!1111111111'11111111111111111!IIIIlIlI~I~~~IIIIIlI~IIIII~Ii~~~~~ \I orltl and oftcn return to you l)rr~isctl to see the day, a.11tl tlmt vory soon, ;!lid tliscor~raged. nhcn 1:nion Labor, assislcd by thc! 11' you \vo~~ldthen, in your s\vcct wivc~s,mothcrs and sisters of the rail- \vorn:ully, moth(~r1y \yay sootilc autl road men, nil1 join in one grand c.011- c.hcwr them \I]), you would soon sc!c rertcvl IIIO!~ for tl~econservation of the: c.lorrd of trouble leave and find human lift: and human 1i1nl)s: until thcnl filled with a new courage ready then, 1 hopc that Mr. Sl)anltling and to fight the hattle of life anew. .\ll,s. Ne\\:land will continr~ethcir gootl \vork for Safety First, and I 1)clicve If you \\.ill do this, the Frisco em- thc l)l(wing of a Iiind and loving God ployes, enc~ourtrgetl by their wives, \\.ill he their reward. mothers and sisters. mill he able to giro at all times the safest, lnost efficient servicmc tl~atloyal intc'lligcwl N. I-:. .lolrwsurl. 13. & L'. P'oiz~uflr~. nlcn can give alltl what \v,ill this Rpringfield Tcrwrin.als. meall? Co-opc!l'ation is the main wllccl in A cont.erter1 nlovc in the conserva- the p1,ogress of every ailro road. This tion of hrln~anlife and lirnl~will soon \\ford, used in connection \\.it11 a rail- attract those teenli~~gmillions of t.110 road menus Safety First.. With tht: Grcat Soutlr\vcst and you will find co-operation of evc>ry employe the 1~1'- the111 riding on our trains; yo11 will c,cntage of cas~laltirs will be wrv find the ~,roduc.er,n~runufa.c,tln'er, shi1)- sn~all,and as result, tl~eroads whcrr pcr, shipping their r)roduc.ts and goods safety is assured will enjoy a larger on our rails. This will rncan an in- l~atronage from the traveling and crease of 1,usincss that will give thc s1lil)ping public. c.lnplr,yes a better ol~ortunity for rn husiness that is unclc~~tnken more rapid l~ro~notionin their linc oI the nott to of the company s11011ld 11c servic:~,a. hetter opl,ortunity to work co-operation. The need of this \vortl full time and overtime? so t11c.y can is lxm~~glltout strongc'r in tlrc! r11nni11g earn more money eat.11 montl~. That of a railroad than in i111y oth~r1)usi- will cl~al~lctl~cm to build and I)ea~~tifyIless a~~dit should be thc by-word of their homc's, the homes they love so every employe, from thc officc hoy to wcll 1)ecanse around their I~ea~~tl~stonetl~c president. they have heard the s\vertest music IHon; many tin~cshas tl~csmnllcst ever entered the car of nlan, tho laugh- tlptail. Irft out in an ordcr to an ~11- tcr of their b:rl>rs, the patter of thcir ~inccr,resulted in the sacrificing of littlc fcet and I~erausein those homes manv lives? Nan?., many times. are sheltered the heart's truc 'mat?, The travlr walker making daily ill- lho wil'e, to n.hom thny van rcturn and spection of track along his route, fails from \vhom thcy receive the sweet to notice some defect in thc track. kiss, the c.11aste caross that only the 41011~rolncs thc limited at a terrific pure trne wifc ran give, whicl~to us rate of speed and an nccMcnt 11al)l~ens men mralls x foretaste of the joys of wllic~11Inay mean loss of life. heaven. \\!it11 this little il111strat.ion yon will 1n co~~clusion,311'. Cl~airn~an,I hopc sec the point. If this sanlc track SAFETY FIRST lllill'll!li'llllilll"llll'lllillll!ll J:i' I!l,'lll:i:l,'liil'lll:ll" '~ll'lli'!!!l',l Il:ll!iMl "1Ilii;l"il I:lil'li : !Ill'lil!ll!.illllliII1'll'~!lll!'l!!l'!fI!llllIIllil~llllllll~lll!llllllllll~l'll~~l'l!'lIlI!~ \vallter had the ro-01)eration spirit, in c\slr~~c!ssrddeep al)preciation of tllc other ~ortls,if, i~~steatlof assunli~ig u.o~'ktl~c co111111iltcc is pmnoting. that 11c was merely a sn~allcog in a Chair~nan.J. I('. Siu~~nsol' tho ICasl- big n~achincand that his work \\.a3 c1.11 I)i\ ision (:on1111itlee ~~c'vie\vc'tllhr not :[I importaut laclor, Ile realized history of tho Snlcty First movement. (hat he 1-IELI) as important a position since its inauguration, in Sol~tc~~~l)(?r, as the most trusted employe, as far as 1911, its dcvclol)lnc'r~t and s~~hsequont .vc~j~zlyis concerned, his sole an~hition achicven~ent. lle ernl~hasizctl(he ~~cc~l \voulel he to see trains pass safely over of sccuring thc co-operation of the gchn- llis allotted stretch. era1 public: to insnre the con~plctcsuc- 1,c.t 11s remen11)er that GuJ'sty Cotue8 ccss of the accident prevention cam- I.'i,.sl and in doing this we will dis- ~~aign,-~~artic~~larl>~that phase of' il. pense witl~ tl~ousands of ~lcetllcss tlirectcd against. the IIIOS~.prolific hc:artac.hes autl \vill enjoy the peacc sor1rc.e of railroad acxitlents-- TI1ISS- allel 11;1ppi11css which only collies to PASS!SG. Ile es1)lained that to thosc u.ho do their W~I-kwell. arollsc enthusiasm nntl win ~111)- port, thc ICastc~w 1)ivision SaI'('ty The Eastern 1)ivjsio11 Safely <:om- Conl~nittcc~:lrlopted a plan of holtl- ~nittcwonnd up its sessions for tllc ing husincss sessions at ~rromjncnt ycar \I it11 an cnthusias( ic nlcoting a1 c:ities and tnivns along that. division the I.:llcs' quarters, Aurorn, llo.. J~OII- and winding tl~cnl up nrjt.h 11lll)lic (la?-. .\lay 11. Two intwested visitors ~n~etingsin the evening. fvcrc, S~~pcrintendent1). W. I-liclccy of Onc of the most 1)rofi1;1hle and ill- rhc: Jlissorlri I'ac.ilic. ].ailway is strurtivc talks of the evening was illtrotluc~ing the Saf'vty I?irst mov(:- rnade 1)y C11airl:lan Tir. n. S~nuldingof 11lPllt on the I\'hit~?11 iv(?r I)i\;ision of the Cc:ntrnl Safety Conimittcc. l3.v that road: and Nr. Gcorge .T. (1. TVil- mwns of a series of stereoptiron 11~1111,secl~tary Railroad Y, Ar. c. A. vic.n.s, Ilr. Spnnlding I)ronght tho Jlollrtt, 310. s1wtators to n vivid realization of thc enorlnous loss of life and limh dne lo TIIC 1)usiness session lasted practi- tl~~trcspass evil. He pointc?d out that 1.:111!. all (la!. aftcr which the Con~n~it- during the twenty-thrce years ending Icemen \\.('re taken automobiling 1)y .Tune 20, 1.913, this one source has !'onclwtor lTillt?r of the Creenfic'ld brought about tlic scrio~~sinjury or 1:ranch. death of 21.5,288 citizens of thc T-nited In the evcning 1.500 citizens of Statcs-lhc n~~rnhcrof L'alal ant1 non- Aurora, together wit11 a delegation of fatal caws al~outeq~~ally diviric~l. 111.. \lissonri Pacific en~ployeesfrom neigh- Sl)anldina stalcrl that the grrat loss in Imring points, attended the public the prorl~wti\~oIlowcr of labor and the Safety First Rally held in Armory destitution it entailed maclo it. imp~ra- llall, antl enjoyetl and profited by the tivc that ewry communit.y concern c~sccllc~~ijwogrnm ~~rovided. itself with creating a general puhlic Attorney Dick AlcT'herson, on Iwhalf sentinwnt Ihat would bring allout of the rltizens of Aurora. extended a State antl national legislation to end c~ordinl welc,ome to the visitors and or at least diminish this evil. SAFETY FIRST 'I I 11) 1 lI~,llll,,ll!i.l!.... !,,i. I, ,,I,,i.,,, ,~.,,l,;.,i, III,~~,.: I ..11,.I1 II ID1 Ill I,III1111I11Il,~lli a loco~l~oti\,e engineer's vic t\ lwint, r(,- st1,icting his relual,lrs to tile t.heruc of the c\-cning, na~n~ly,walking OII rail- road tracks. lir. .\lorrill explained to ~lleandience thc grcat nervous shock anti tlic grief illat is inHicicd on c\'c3r!. engineer \vho has the II~~SI'O~IIIIICto run down any 1111rnm Iwjng, or wl~o ~~arrowlyescaljes so doing. Ilc re- i'crrrtl to the 11rac:tice conlnlon among 111an.v treslnssc,rs or remaining on the track, \\-hen a train was al)l)roachil~g, until the train is so close to then1 that it wo11lc1 bc in~possiblc to stop; yet they coi~lcls:~l'el~, slel) off the track I)c~foretho truil~rcachtxl tl1en.1. I-le es- ylained that the t~ouble in vases ol' this sort is that the cnginecr has no Incans of kno\ving Ivhether or not such 1)erson \vill heed t11v screaming alarln of tlie whistle and stel) ol'I the tri~c,lc beforc it was too late, as he gives no indication that he is aware of the ap- proaching pcril, and \\.ill nccordingly act. in a sanc way. I!ut the fc!atrrrc~ of the program \vhiclr rnatlc all instant impression. \\-as the bcacltiful selt?cstions rendered I)!. .\lrs. Grrgg of St, l,or~is,\\-11o was a visitor at Aurora on the date or th~ ~necting. llrs. Gregg is a singer 01' unusual ability hi, with h~r t:l~almin: personality, won thn enthus- iastic agplausr of the ent,ire a~rdience. - -- - .. ------Pliilosophrr--Young Intin, in ortlcr to sucr:wd in lifc, you nlnst 1)egin at. the I~nttonlant1 work up. Charlie Sagundo--That wns not. my father's motto. IIv I)c~ganat the Lop ant1 \vorkctl do~vn. Philosophrr-Ar~d mad(! ;I Tailr~~,~,I su])posc. Cl~arlic-Sot at all. Ilo 1m11n$1 for- tune in coal ~ninin,~. I Women's Department I MRS. E. C. NEWLAND, Augusta, Kansas, Editor WAR IS DECLARED! Sorts or ~~leasurcsof lift‘. 50,000 Volunteers Wanted! The thor~glit of \var with SI<~sic80 'I'o go to 1lcsic.o (lid you say'? No. 113s stirrcd thn blootl (IT our ~)al~'iotic 'I'hc!; arc, not \vantot1 to shoot, n~ainl 111811, both young and old, and th(! and Itill, br~tto enlist as 1Qisc.o soldiers vekrans of '61 \roultl, if th~y?oultl, in our \varfure against tleath. \vnq)ctl join those of '$18 in t.lle tlcl'cnsc of t,ll(? and t\vistctl l)odies. Icxless, arlnlcss flag for which thcby once faced death. :~ndsightless ~ncn. At a moving picture thc>atre in Chi- The women of '(it will tell you that cago recently, an actress appeared on t11c man who said "War is hell" slrolre the stage hearing the, Stars antl the truth. They \\.ill also tell yon Stripes. The audicnce cheercd lust- that in tl~clight ol the years that have ily, rose to they feet and sang "Thr passcd since tlwn, they can say \vit,h Star Spangled Banner." Tl~cnstrule- I los('n Lligrlow : ono c:;rll~dfo~ "Aulrrica." Thc orchcs- "A1)strnc~t.ntll is horrid, 1 ra strnclr rrl) antl for filtecn ~ninutes I sign to that \vith all my heart, the: pcol~lc sang "Colun~bia," "llally 1111t civilizalion dons git forrid '12onnd the I*'lag," "Dixie" antl othvr Sometimes, on a powder cart." national hymns dear to the hcnrls of All great ~-c,Cor~nshaw? Iwen hror~gl~tAn~c>ric%ns. The flag I\ hich cansc'tl ;~l)oi~t11); nar. It 11as a 1)11rl)osc and tho tlcmo~rstmtionwas only a 11iec.e of I.llose who died havck, lry giving their cloth of IYYI. 'ivhite antl blue. It is lives as a sac*rificcl)enefittotl the world, \\hat it ST.\NI)S lor, an eqnal right. ant1 t,lw loss was not in vain. to lifr, lil~ertyand the purs~~it.of hall- I!nt who is 11c:ncfittctl I)y the death of yiness, that makrs it loved and l1o11- t.hc railroad lnan who talrcs a chanc.c? ored Iry onr citizens. 'I'hc worltl at large is not, for it has Shorrltl not our Safety First en~hlc'n~ lost a worker, a 1)rcatl-winner; thc Itintllv :I lilrc srntimcnt in our Iwarts? company is uot, for it must c.hoosc, a lhes it not stand for all that n~ak[,s loss exlwrir~~c.ctlInan to fill his 1)lacc7; life worth \vhil(> to ns? Our fathers, his fanlily is no(, l'or tl~cincon~e is o11r grand Sal hers, I~uslrandsand broth- gone instclad ol' thr l)ositio~rin society, t!rs Yollght for thc 11:1$ of our (.onntry. tho education of tl~ccl~ildren, travel Il' wo can love and rcvorence that. and all the advantages boforc cnjoyed. \vllic.h cmt thr life-blood of onr loved thcre is thc. eternal qnwtion of brcnd ones, ~vhatabout thv on11)l~nl\vl~icl~ and Imlter, nl~icl~tl~e widow finds will protcvt ant1 saw I'os 11s Ihr o~lcs I('nvcs no tinw or money lor th~c'o~n- III>~II who~n \vc (lolwutl for sul)po~t anti to \vl~oln \ve look for con~lranion- shill, love and happiness? JIy heart thrilled wit11 pride when at t.hc ~~ul~licsafety meeting in Spring- field. 110.. our c~nlllem \vat; thro\vn II~~IIthe sc.rccn, and the andic3nCe I~r~rstinto a hearty npplause. \Yht:n won1en c~esywhere a\valte fnlly to !vl~at Safety I"lrst Il1eans to theul, its eu~blen~will hc! greeted with tho honor it clwerves. T,et us all bc rip and doing our share toward tllc ed~!c.ation which alonc can bring this to 11ass. The Sai'rty First Itally at thc Uie- nlrr 'l'hcatrc?, Springfield, 110.. A[~ril I ci. \\.:IS well attended by Frisc:~women \vllo listened attentively to tile acci- dent pwvention adtlrrssrs mode by t hr variol~sxpealters. 011 1 he afternoon of April 3 2, the wonrcw n!ct at the l?o)nl Arvanum llall and duly organized the Spriug- fieltl branvh of tho Frisco nTomen's Safcaty League. Officers were elected and intrrrsting talks were givcn by a nr~nrher of the \vomi5n. Consirlelnl,ln intcrest was evinced in the Safetv IVork, all of the womcn expressing i~ drsirc to lcarn more of the ~noven~ent. L. 9. Ros~ctt,supc?rintenclent tern~in- nls, presirlcd antl \vas assiutc>rlby I\'. l3. I';tcos antl norltcd stai~lc.ti ~,lot.l~es. Sl~aultling. chair~nan of the Central S111.elyI\-P call rc,ac,h (he hc-arts of orlr Safety Committee. ["risc40 111~11in II~esttn~enay tire llo\\- Thc Springfield "I,eagl~ers" \\.ill mcvt with tilp Terminnl Snfety Com- ~nittc~in llay and learn of the \vorli in return for their car? and lo\.e of' the committee, and thc league mem. As I Icarn Inore of 1,ailroad lit+. I hcrs are planning for a very interest- find tllnt every where the best Salet\- inn and !)rofitnl)le day. VIPII are thoso \\-hose homes arc made :~agpyby a wife \vho cares Inorr for IVhilp in Springfield to attend thc the marl than she does for his pay Saf'rtp Rally, 1 visitctl the Soi~thSide (,heck. Oh. if Frisco \volnen could only :mil the Ner Shops. The shops are have their eyes opened wide. I am \<-ond~rfr~lfrom a womau's point of :;we there \vould IN> a reuolutio~~. vien-. T wish 1 was hig enoush to un- Silrely they \vol~ltlnot 11v so sclfish if they could rrv~lizc! that n.hen the lncn 11 is ~~lc;~si!~gto 11ot1. thc, work hc'ing go to work with hearts hnrdenc!d by tlo~~cliy the divisions of tho 1,eaglle their extravagance and indifference. already organized, ant1 it is IIO~NIthe their danger is incrc~asedone hnndred report of the Sorthern Division will be 11cr cent, for life holds no at.tract.ion or noticed by all. 11leasnre and 1 hc!y become rerltlcss. I This divison was organized in 1larc.h hop(! tho I.en~ue will hring ahout a and the womvn met in April, in pri- l)ett,er c.oniIition as the wolucn learn vate scssion, to read and discuss safety nlore of the 111cn's li\-c,s, their cares literature and safety prohlems nnd to and vexations. I am sure it will. I plan for the meeting in Nay, \vhich is tint1 Frism ~nc~nrverywl~crc c'nthnsias- to bo held ill cwnnection with the tic over thv ~~ossihilitiosof thc le;~gnc. ~ncwtingof the nlen, as R joint Im4nc~ss T11ey tell Inr if \ve (,an get the wolnen scssion. R~c111c:stshave been n~adcfor to t,l~inks~~.ioilsIy on thi, sul>jwt and I,atlgos lo s1111l)lynew ~ncn~lwrs,which to try to I~YIITI Illore of Salety First sho\vs tl~e111,ogrcss nf this division in \vork, it \\.ill do an unlin~itc~ilanlollnt ~nc~nl~~~rslii~). of g'ontl. 'I'hc,)- say a \vonian's influence Sincc the Srinell Terminal is the mosl [~o\vc~rfulage111 for good or r:ral~c.h \vas nrganizctl April 17, with evil and \ve do \\.ant it to be I'or t,hc an ~nroll~nnntof about fifty memtms, (:001) of l+isco nlcn. lwluests Ilt~\.cbeen made for ROO atldi tionnl pins fov nv\v ~ne~nbars,and the : visitcyl some of thi. lmys in the 1'rcssitlent cxpvt:t,s 1,000 womm \\:ill Springfield TTosl~itaI. The tlceauty of Ii:~\,o register~dby the tin~ethey meet the \'c'l;'c'ty I;L\~IIand tl~estalely sl~atlc \vith tl~cmen's committee JTay 18. I rws and the tender synrj~atliy and i\s l'ast as possible 11ranc:has oP the carc of the Sistars mil attendants, T,eagi~e\\rill IIP organized on all tlivis- \\-onltl aln~ostreconrile one to ~IIPen- ions, bnt in tl~emeanti~~~e tho cn-oper- forced idleness, 1)11t the s~~rgicalward ntinn of every Frisca \vomau intr8restc.d \vi)111d soon ronvincc 11s that nothing in the Imgr~nis solictiti~rl; if tlic'y are ror~ldcompensate the loss of sight and tot int~restrtl,they slio111d he. linih. I told the boys \VP \\-el'(! trying T~lkn11t1 :,Inn t'or the ornalrization to put the surgical \yard out. of hwi- of yonr division Rranvh nntl hcIp to incss through Safety First, hut 1 am n~alicit s~~cc.essf~~lfrom the start. Tt. slat1 onr lncn have the privilege ol will aid greatly if thr I.ca,y~c' is n~ll such a !)lac(: when they arc victims of :~tlvcrtisecI. fewr and illness of various kinds. S~~pgcstjonsfrom Frisrn \;.onlrn, or OUP mnrc \vnrd tn Frisco \vnnlon. mctn either. in regard to the 1.engnc .is a \\lhol~T find thcy are withont a \vill Ire qladly rcwbivcd. pcc'r, hnt ~~nfort~~natelythcre is, once in :I \vhilc, it 1inoc.kcr. T.et us stop The Sorthern Division Rranch of the knocking Ion% cnnugh to investigate Frisco Woman's Saf~t,yTxagne met at :I littlr, antl 1'11 tell ynr~,if you women the I~o~neof JTrs. 15. 1'. Magner. T+rt do as mui,lr to 111akc your hushands Wott, Tixns., April 20. good mcn ant1 provide a pleasant, com- T.etters antl articles ~,c~rtaininr:ro iortalilc ~11ai.cfor thrm to live, as t,he Saf~ltyFirst \~orli\vc~,c, rrad ar~cldis- nrisco railrond is doing, it will keep r.r~sscdat this rnw: illy. yo11 so bus!. that you will have neither 311~s.T.. 1,. T,c" was cnllcd III~Ito time nor hwath enough to knock. Tlrellarr' an essay fol. thr nest rnceting of the League, which nil1 he hclcl in 1 tl~irlk it liut a Cliristial~act for co~ljunc:tion with tho 111c>rtingof thc one man to look out for another, auti L)i\:ision Safc!ty Comluittce. to ~rly notion if Inore railroad ulen Those attending the ~net,ingwere: were Christians, it \voulcl not only help Jl re. I*;. P. Nagner, 11rrsitlent; Mrs. Safety First, but they thc.nlscLlvc~s George Seiber, second \:ice-presitlellt; n'onld be better off. 31rs. G. I.. Swearengen, treasllrer : "A good nanlc-! is rather to be chosen IIrs. S. I\:, Rheem, sw:retary; 1I1.s. than great 1,ichcs and loving favor George 'A.ood, Jlrs. Ilarry Hanc% JIrs. rather than silvcr and gold. The ri1.h F. H. Rathlou, hIrs. I.. L. 1,etlcr. J11.s. and tl~clwor lneet togethc~i~.The T.ol~l .J. Ti. I-Iopltins. Sew ~nr~nbersrrc:cived is the maker of them ~ll." were: lliss Alta Ilaues, Jliss Jlarie "A prudent man forsecth thc evil IYootl and Miss Alta Jlagner. and hid~thhimsclf, hut thc sin~plepass 011 anti arc punished." 1 all1 a great believer in SaTety First.. I will close 1?y saying God-spcXed the If e\.eryone ~vo~lltl~,rac,rice it th(\rr Safety First ~novemcnt. 1vo111d I)e fe\vc;r caripples and fc!\~c?r A .\llfJIRHR OF THE FRISCO I'i\Jl- fathcrlc~sshomes. IT,Y. The remark was made to rnc, \vh?n n~yhosl)and joincd the Safety Corn- mittce that, "lle mas a fool. Ditln't hc kno~vthat \vas just what the com- pany wanted'? Sow, if he gets hurt or c1isal)lrtl he wont grt a thing out of it." Well, if it takes fools to live IID to Safr'ty First, I say, "God bless the fools ;tnel give 11s more of them." I have rend Jlrs. F. 0. Miller's letter and T enjoycxl it very much. What can be saddcr than to have onc of our lovet1 ones 1,rought home to 11s crip- pled for life, or perhaps Itilltvl out- right, and \vorsc! still, to Itnow that it \%IS a11 due to someone failing to do sorll? one thing, not living 111) to Safety First? T,ct ?IF entlcavor lo practice Safety First ns \veil as prcacll it. Iic~bpit in nlintl nt home as well as at \\.orl<. Show thc lrnoclirrs wl~atSafct,!; First imlly is. and thcn, whrn thc day Niss I,on!a I~~~ncetorti,(standing), c30rncs, and it surely will. when every daughter of Section Foreman C. E man n-ill he a bclievcr in Safetv to I,anc.cford, Jcark~n, .\lo ; (sittin$) himself, his fellow man and the com- Jliss Selllie Massy, daughter of Wil- gany property, then and thcn only will liam Jlaqsp. Section Forrman 1,unc.c- ihe acridents 1)r less and the death ford has I)ecn in the service of the rate from year to ycar cut down. Frisco for the last seventeen spars. Alr. Slussy has been in the r~nployof this he ran against a rock wlricl~ IIC vould not scc. In thirty-tive 111inutes the vesscl had gone clo\~nantl the pew plc barely c~scapcdwith tlwir lives. So, nly ileur readers, we van sc'r th~ nec.c?ssi~yof Safety First in every walk of life. SIRS, \\TSl. l)A~lEl~OS, \\ ife of Sei,tion I'ore~nan, Os\vc2gc~, lians. 'rhv follo\ving le~ters received IJ~ L received n;y Safety First 1)in n fe\v 31rs. St~\vlnud,regarding ~ne~nbershipdays ago and thank you very 11111('hfor in the I,eagnc, will be of interest: it. I am proud to wear it and am cer- 1 appreciate the ernl~lenl 1)in very tainly in Pavor of the Frisco \Von~an's IIIII~,~iind holw thp ~ootl wr~rk for Safety J'eague. T will (lo all 1 (.all to xafcty will continnr to go on. help. I an1 gwatly interrstc'cl in the Sal'c>ly 1 Iwlicvc it wonltl 1)e a good itlea to 111ovcment and hope cvery \voulan will <.all an organization n~ec'ting wit11 as aid ill malting- it a sl~c~~.rss.\Ye norcl many IIC 11s attending as possil)lc, to Safety First; \ve 11ecc1 to yield to it. get up a ('onstit~~tionand Ry-Law, If our eyes are open we (,an see where and get to \\~l~li.\\'c [lo not know the Safety is needed every day to protect vast alnorlnt of good nlo can (lo until '011r loved oncs and oth(xrs I'roni ctallger. we try. Son~c'tiruesPailnrc is due to carikss- Our aims and an~bitionsshould he IIPSS. 11nitcx1 in the one great thi11.s' in rail- I 1.rcal1, not lol~gsince, thcv was a road life. the safety of onr husbands, si!~,io~~srailmad acctitlvnt in the Rocky fathcrs and brothers. :\lountain regio~~.TLc lteoi)c!r of a T am s~lrc:the 1.eag11e cannot fail lo s\vitch nllowccl a t1.ai11 to conw thun- please el-ory I+isc'o woman, and. if suc.- dcril~galong the track antl go th~'o~lgh ccss cro\\ ns our eCforts, \vc have mnch an ol~nswitcl~. As resl~lt the cars to gain. .rust think of it; sul)~)ose \\.ere dcrailccl and the whole train thro11g11 our efforts one life is saved, pl~~ngi-dovor 21 ~)recil)ice. \\'hen thc or onc porson snvetl from bring a crip- lri~elwr \vas arrested hc \vas askecl 1)y ple. \Vhn isan put vali~eon such a the court to explain thc ac,c.idcnt., but hlcssing? all hr co111d say \\-as "I forgot." .\Tan?; 1 am tl~cs~vifc? of a section forrlnan have failed for the same reason, but on t.he Third District. 3Ty husband has JI~11s see to it. that. rarelcssnesn and Iwen in chargc of a section for the "forget" do not come ahearl of Safety last fo~~rtecnyears, and while he has r' Wichita At :I ~~ref.li~~r:of st:rlion crl~r!loycc..; ill I;PIICIKI~.\K@II~'$ oSfic? .\l~ril1;. lh? \Ti?p!t;i Iii~i;~tirr I 1111l. I llP PoIIo\I.~IIL'of'fii.~~~ \vcr? (.IC(.(C~: KO?. IT. \V:I~~~VII,~.r~~~iil~~~~: .r, 1'. I:II!!:III. viw prr's- irl<>;if: .I:\~ui,s I:. Cixz, WI.L.C~:II.~. Kansas City to see that the cloth is stamped- "STIFEL" then I know that I am fiettma the best cloth In my overalls. No other cloth IS "just as fiood." St1ft.1 cloth has been on the rnar- ket over 55 years. Be sure TdnhReq you see the mark w on the inside before you LT '>;) ;!> :: ;? .-- ' :-'I. buy if you want your gar- ,.A %~ ments to wear. lhlnlm.. . - .- - -DYE .- Cloth Manufactured by 'k! - J. L. STIFEL & SONS -Indico .. Dvers- and Printers. WHEELING. W. VA. SALES OFFICES NE\V YORK SAN-FR,AKCISCo 260.292 Church St. Postal 1 elerraph Bldg. CHICAGO 7'0IIOSTO 223 W. Jacksun Blvd. 14 Manchester Bldg. A Convert. Slrang? (Ilings rrmnv? prcj~~tlii.rs. n~iil, \vl11911% ?loi111(:11t and co~~vi~~i,i~~g Xot lo11.r: siuw a luan w11o \vits OII~ or thc I~iltcrcstolrl)onents of tlla rail- ways autl n.110 lost IIII~i'vw ol~portuni- tics t.0 tlcnou~~cc!tho swviw in all its branches, !ost his wife. edEase of Application lZOSS Ki'TS may t)c appl icbtl 1no1-ccasi ly ant1 111ol.c ~-apitllyIllall any othcr lock nut-the .strl)iny ill cosl OJ (ipplic(ili(~~t(1,s comp(~1~~1 luilll co~iip~li~~!~ (lt~l)ic(~s lwi11g iu III(~IU~i~~sl(~~~w.s .s~~~jicic~~l lo co~wr cosl of (ill I>'OSSSC'Y'S used. Boss Nut Company Grand Central Terminal, Railway Exchange, NEW YORK CHICAGO .5 2 THE FRISCO-MAN Cut Over Pine Lands For Sale to Actual Settlers Industrial Lumber Co., Elizabeth, La. ROBERT W. HUNT & CO., Engineers CHICAGO XEW TORI( PITTSBUIlG ST. LOUIS SAX FRAXCISCO XOXTREAL LONDON TOROXTO XESICO CITY SEATTLE INSPECTION OF RAILROAD MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT Adreon Manufacturing Co, I Hewitt Manufacturing Co, Campbell Grnplllte Lubrlcntor Turnhucklea C. 31. HEWITT, President Security Rark-UI) Valve Stop Wedfie* 303 Iblilw7uy Exel~allge ClLICAGO Security H~ilnraee Brake Jaws .~lnerieanGravity coup~lng ~nuc~c~erina Journal Bearings Clark~Tenhion Set Tie Plnte Bolt8 and XU~M Brnk~Shoeb rlnd ECY~ Spikes AND BRASS ENGINE CASTINGS nRCL TEL1~:I'IIOSF:. Main 3826-3221 OFFICE AXL) \\'ORKS Security Bldg., ST. LOUIS, MO. 4133 (:~i~ytonAW., ST. LOCIS, NO. Prevents Foaming 111 AlI.:rli \Vnler Uihtrictw, cni~bling enginrs to mulie firrnter luilrnge between boiler I DEARBORll TREATMENT wnshiacs. and haul creater tonn:~ce. I DEAHI3ORN AXTI FO;\.\IISti PIIEPAILITIOSSkhould he c:.rlrribtl on the engines nnd apl,lied each timr water is talien, diuwolrinx the required qnnntity in 1101 w:ltcr and ptariug in the engine tank before lilling. I DEdRIIORS CIIEIIICAJI C03IL'AKP, XcCorntick ISuiIding, CIIICAGO I It \\or~ldsurprise t!ie latc 1amelltc.tl It's all right to prdg for the things if h(1 could hcnr his \\ idow tclling 1w !on want, l)nt it is ad\ isable to do a sct.ond husband what a noble, kind llttlc bustling for the tllings you must awl generous man the first was. have. Mention us when writing to advertisers, it will help us both. THE FRISCO-MAN PYLE - NATIONAL ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS ARE BEING USED ON OVER 26,000 LOCOMOTIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD Etliot Frog & Switch Co. G0,ooO Miles lnUae CONTINUOUS JOINT WOLII.\UPTER JOINT C:rtalog at Agent-irk Boyton. 812s.;. ludia Eltla.- ~hicnpo.111. THE RAIL JOINT COMPANY Rollmny Exchn~l~eBldg. Ikurer, Colo. Eq~~itttbleDldg. GENERAL OVE'ICES: I'ortlnnd, Ore. Wilcox Dldg. 1% 3LiDIS09 B'I'E., SEW YORK CITY Pittsburc. Pa. Ollrer Eldg. St. Louls, No. Makers of Baso Supportrd Rail .Joint* for Stantlnrd nnd Commonv'enlth Trust Btdg. Special Rail Sections, also Girder. Stop or C~nnpro- To. . . Curden Areuue misr. Froa und S\vitrh, and Inwulatrd Rnil >lr>~~treal,Can. Joints, yrotecbted hy patents. Board of Trrttle RIBn. London, E. C., I<:ng., 30 New I3ro:id St. KIRBY LUMBER COMPANY I Largest Producers of Long Leaf Yellow Pine in the World I Ilnrrj T. Krndatl. General Sales .\pent. I